Ironing table



Jan. 9, 1940. CUMMINGS 2,186,194

IRONING TABLE Filed March 4, 1939 um #GW Patented Jan. 9, 1940 UNITED s-rArss;

IRONI NG TABLE 7 Leon H; Cummings, Berlin, Mass. Application March 4,1939, Se'riaLNo. 259,836

1' claim. This "invention relates to ironing tables.

The principal object ofmy-inventionis. to provide a sturdy, well balanced ironing; table of improved construction, which; can be erected or: Anotherclosed. by the simplest of movements.

object is to so construct said ironing table that the cost of productionyand assemblyofqits parts is low, so that itis withintherange of purchase of the ordinary housekeeperj These objects are attained chiefly ,by using certain special memtion, combination and operative'arrangement of f parts such as is disclosed by'thet drawing and specification. The nature of the invention is such as to render it susceptible to various changes and modifications, and, therefore, I am not to be limited to said disclosure; but am entitled to all such, changes therefrom as fall within the scope of my claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of my ironing table in erected position, the dot and dash lines indicating the leg members moved towards folded position.

' Figure 2 is a bottom view of my ironing table with the legs in folded position.

Figure 3 is an'end elevational view of my ironing table in erected position.

Figure 4 is an enlargeddetail view, partly in section, to illustrate the position of the cross bar supports when the table is erected.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail view, partly section, of the hinge and pin means which movably hold the legs to the table top.

As illustrated, my ironing table has a top or ironing board In of well known form, to which is hinged as at II a leg member I2 which consists of two parts or legs I2a and I21), which converge toward their lower or free ends and are united together as at I3. Also hinged asat I5 is another leg member I6 which'consists of two parts or legs Mia and I6b, which are spaced apart sufliciently to permit the two legs I21! and I2?) of leg member I2 to extend between them, so that the narrower leg member I2 crosses and extends'between the sides of the wider leg member Hi. There is a definite space I 8'in each instance between the outer side surfaces of said leg parts I'Za-and I21) and the inner side surfaces of said leg parts "in and I6?) as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawing. The width ofsaid space I8 is preferably atleastequal. to the width ofan edge of a saidleg. I2a. or I2b. at a pointwhere across bar support 28, later described, is located. I

When my table is in upright position saidleg members I land-- It aremaintainejdin' a predeter- 5 mined positionby means of cross barsup'ports.

One cross bar support 204s securedas at 2 Ito the edges 22' of said leg member parts I511 and I 6b, so that when said leg members I2' and I6 move to upright position the. top edges 23 of legmember ml parts I2a and I2!) will contact with said cross bar 20, thereby preventing movement of said leg member, I2 in one direction beyond the said point of contact.

Another cross bar support 24 is secured as at 5' 25 to the opposite edges 26 of' said leg member parts Mia and I61), and when said leg members I2 and I 6 are in said upright position said leg member parts I2a and l2b contact with and rest on said cross bar support-24. As illustrated in the 20 2 drawing, these two cross bar supports 20 and 24 prevent said leg member parts I20 and l2b, when in upright position, from moving either towards closed position or the opposite direction any further unless said leg member I6 is moved also. 25 Likewise, said leg member parts I60. and 16b are prevented from movement in one direction by said cross bar support 20 by reason of contact of saidsupport 24 and said legs l2a and IZb, but not prevented from movement in the opposite 30 direction which is towards closedposition. A third cross-bar support 28 is secured as at 29 to the said upper edges. 23 of said leg member parts I2a and I2b, and when said two leg mem-' bers I2 and I6 are in upright position the said 35 edges 26 of said leg member parts I611 and l6b contact said cross bar support 28, and further movement of said leg member I6 to closed position is thereby prevented. This third cross bar support 28 extends across said leg member I2 and 40 beyond to a point overlapping both leg member parts 16w and 'IBb as illustrated in Figure'S ofthe drawing. It is made of wood preferably, and can easily be nailed or otherwise fastened on the leg member parts I20. and I 211'. It takes the 45 place of dowel pins or blocks which are commonly used on the outer edges of leg member parts I211 and I21), and which require extra operations to firmly attach and are not as strong as this cross-bar support 28. This member also 50 makes it possible to amply space the leg mem-- ber parts I2a and I212 laterally from the legmem ber parts I 6a and Hill, which makes it possible to attach all said leg parts I2a, I2b,. I6a and I61) I nearer to the longitudinal center of said table 65 top l0, thus providing a more rigidly supported table top. Where blocks or dowel pins are used as described in United States Patents 1,638,347 and 1,824,025, the inside leg parts Ho and I2!) have to be so close laterally to the other leg parts "3a and l6b that the leg parts cannot be attached to the top as near the center as in my construction. By being able to fasten the leg parts l2a and |2b nearer to the center of the top they provide a central support that makes the whole ironing table firmer when erected. It will thus be seen that by using a cross bar support 28, which extends across the narrow leg member parts In and H!) to and overlapping the wider member parts !6a and 5b so as'to contact them when the table is erected, all the functions of blocks or dowel pins are accomplished with p less labor in assembling my ironing table, and the table top is more soundly supported.

To brace the leg members I2 I provide braces 33, and on and between said legs 16a and I611. Underneath said table top are two reinforcin ing downward so that the sides of the narrow leg structure are spaced substantially from the sides of the wide leg structure when the table is erected with said leg structures crossed, the wide leg structure having two cross-bars secured thereto at opposite sides and spaced apart along the length thereof to permit the narrow leg structure to pass therebetween, the upper one of said crossbars being secured to the lower side of the wide leg structure, and the lower cross-bar being secured to the upper side of said wide leg structure, the narrow leg structure having a further crossbar secured to the top thereof directly above the locality of intersection of said leg structures and so as tobe substantially opposite one of the other cross-bars in a direction widthwise of the wide leg structure and substantially opposite the other cross-bar in a direction widthwise of the narrow leg structure when the table is erected, whereby said leg structures are mutually inter-braced at three triangularly spaced areas at the locality of intersection of said leg structures, the crossbar secured to the narrow leg structure, having extensions at each end to engage the outer side portions of the wide leg structure at widely spaced apart points whereby further rigidity against twisting and weaving movements is insured for the table when the same is erected.

LEON H. CUMMINGS. 

